Named outstanding broad jumper in the United States in 1950, Jerome C. Biffle, nNative Denverite, was also named to the All American A.A.U. track team in 1952. Among his many other accomplishments Biffle was the first Coloradan to win an Olympic Gold Medal (Men's Long Jump: Helsinki, Finland, 1952), became the first black inducted into the Colorado Hall of Fame in 1968, and was a teacher, counselor and track coach at East High School, Denver. Jerome Biffle was an original inductee into the Colorado Black Hall of Fame in 1973.

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Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame Collection

Subject

Biffle, Jerome C., 1928-2002

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Photograph

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Photo is not dated. Photographer is unknown.

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